. History of the University of Michigan . tion. The plan finally adopted,if not altogether wise, wascomparatively modest andinexpensive. It embracedsix buildings, two dormi-tories, which were also toinclude class rooms, andfour houses for Professors,all on the campus. TheProfessors houses did notin the least prove to bea profitable investment,and, with the exceptionof the Presidents house,which has been exten-sively altered and rebuilt, were long agodevoted to other uses. The dormitories, orig-inally called halls and Colleges, wereafterwards turned into class rooms, chapel,etc., and in time be
. History of the University of Michigan . tion. The plan finally adopted,if not altogether wise, wascomparatively modest andinexpensive. It embracedsix buildings, two dormi-tories, which were also toinclude class rooms, andfour houses for Professors,all on the campus. TheProfessors houses did notin the least prove to bea profitable investment,and, with the exceptionof the Presidents house,which has been exten-sively altered and rebuilt, were long agodevoted to other uses. The dormitories, orig-inally called halls and Colleges, wereafterwards turned into class rooms, chapel,etc., and in time became the two wings ofUniversity Hall. It now seems a little sur-prising that four years and more should ha\ebeen necessary to erect these buildings andfurnish them for use. The reason is foundin the financial history of the University, asrelated in the third chapter. Another matter in which the Board showedlittle financial or practical wisdom was in ex-pending some $10,000 for a scientific collec- 1 The Michigan Teacher, Vol. IV. p. ZINA PITCHER tion and a library before it had put up a roofunder which to shelter them. The first instruction furnished under theauspices of the University was given in thebranches that the law directed the Regentsto establish. These appendages were an in-heritance from the Catholepistemiad, and theyexcited deep interest and large expectations inthe minds of the Legislature, the Regents andthe people. Superintendent Pierces originalplan embraced a branch for every county,which, it was expected, would, in time, growinto a College. Thesebranches are an inter-esting feature of the Uni-versity history, and asomewhat full account ofthem may well be June 21, 1838, theBoard resolved to estab-lish eight of these schools,as soon as convenient,and appropriated $8,000to defray the expense forthe first \-ear, $500 ofwhich was to be given toeach school outright, andthe rest to be distributedamong them according tothe average number ofpupils in att
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